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SUMMER PREVIEWS GALORE

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When we think of the Soap Opera we think of the television version first, then there are the new wave of audio dramas that have taken the internet by storm. But there is still the great, quick, bingeworthy Text-Based series that, in the last few months, has grown exponentially to feed our ever soap craving soap minds. When THE PHIX FILES first started back in 2023, there were only 6 series. That has more than doubled with two new series headed for our screens THIS SUMMER! Not only has  Casey Hutchison returned to the written world of drama (along with many other projects) with WHISPERS IN WILLOW CREEEK , but  JACK EDINGTON is back too! Edington, the writer/creator of Phixie Award Winning Series GLENDALE ,  is prepping for a Summer releases of the much-anticipated HOUSE OF REDGRAGE .  We caught up with Jack in our PHIX SIX feature to get the dish & the drama!  THE PHIX SIX: NEW SERIES HOUSE OF REDGRAVE PHIX FILES : Hi Jack! When last we left you, you were h...

TYING THE KNOT, SOAP STYLE

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There are no bigger events in soapdom than a giant, glitzy, over-the-top, dramatic wedding! Here you'll find long suffering super-couples or super-couples-to-be finally saying "I do" under the most extra ways imaginable.  Sometimes they go off without a hitch, sometimes what goes off is the sound of a gun! OR WORSE, like Ben & Ciara's wedding on DAYS OF OUR LIVES,  a bomb! More on that later.  Every soap wedding after 1981 has Luke & Laura of GENERAL HOSPITAL to thank! You see, back in the 80s, they were one of the biggest couples on daytime TV (despite their very controversial coupling). When their long awaited wedding finally came 30 million people watched -  THIRTY! MILLION ! Today's soaps would be lucky to net 30 million viewers the whole year.  Even superstar superfan  Elizabeth Taylor got in the mix and attended the wedding when she joined the cast of GH becoming the first Helena Cassidine, setting the stage for that very long and convol...

MAJOR TURNING POINTS

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COVER STORY THE CHANGING TIDES   Bringing us drama from across the pond! Lucy begins to worry Daniel's attention on new girl in town Grace may be a bit more to do with how much she looks like the late Emma. Her attention on old pal Daniel may begin to weigh on her beau Andrew at any moment! A potential classic love triangle of two old friends finding their way to each other through shared trauma of the death of a loved one, this story has so much going for it! For Andrew's side he's only started to get to know Lucy, but their budding love could end up a disaster if Daniel's take on Andrew's sister Grace is all about how much she looks like the late Emma. There is big trouble in little Polmorna as these four yearning for love and affection may discover it's not as easy as it seems.  CLICK to read the latest episode of THE CHANGING TIDES EUPHORIA Are Shannon & Grace headed for reconciliation?  Ever since Grace has returned to Knightdale she's been forging ...